Portfolio
Magazine, newspaper and online articles
Cuba
• Wanderlust magazine (East to Eden. Exploring the beauty of Baracoa, Cuba). February 2012.
• Homes & Antiques magazine (Vintiquing and interiors, Havana). March 2012.
• Thomas Cook Travel magazine (Holguín & Around Insider guide). February 2012.
• The Independent (Santería cleansing ceremony in Santiago de Cuba)
• Civil Service magazine (Trip of a lifetime. A journey through eastern Cuba)
• Time Out magazine (Cuba book review: The Island that Dared by Dervla Murphy)
• Cuba Absolutely magazine (Sons of Cuba review and Director Q&A)
• Cuba Absolutely magazine (20 Favorite Moments in Cuba)
• Martinair magazine (Music nights in Varadero, Cuba)
• Martinair magazine (National Treasure Alicia Alonso, founder of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba)
• Martinair magazine (Natural Wonders, the Viñales Valley, Cuba)
• Lady Adventurer (Visiting Santa Clara, Che Guevara’s city, Cuba; Nights out in hedonistic Havana;
Crocodiles and coral at the Bay of Pigs, Cuba; The Sweetness of Sugar, Trinidad, Cuba)
• Travelzest magazine (Autumn and winter 2010 activities in Cuba)
• Association of British Travel Agents magazine (Cuba Libre! Cuba and the tourist trade)
• Esencia Experiences (Introduction and Cuba itineraries and experiences for Esencia travel)
• Esencia Experiences Cuba travel ideas: 1950s Havana, honeymoons, music, film festival,
villas, the ultimate getaway, fishing)
• Esencia Experiences (Cuba artist sheds new light on Cuba’s cultural and Revolution symbols)
• Esencia Experiences (The riddle of Napoleon’s missing body parts in Cuba)
• Esencia Experiences (Review of Cuba TV)
• Esencia Experiences (Review of Michael Dweck’s Habana Libre photo book)
Latin America
• Wanderlust magazine (Guatemala’s Highlands)
• The Independent (Easter in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, with Christ and Maximón)
• The Independent (Survival of the fattest, Galápagos Islands)
• Civil Service Magazine (Trip of a lifetime. A journey through Guatemala)
• The Daily Telegraph (News piece on visiting the Maya site of Tikal in Guatemala)
• Latin American Travel Association (LATA) (Guatemala introduction)
• Ham & High Travel Writing Competition (Runner-up: Piranha fishing in Bolivia)
Asia
• Traveller magazine (My culinary faux pas under the railway arches, Hanoi, Vietnam)
• Wanderlust magazine (The last of the wild-elephant catchers in the Central Highlands of Vietnam)
• Wanderlust magazine (First 24 hours in Ho Chi Minh City) pdf version
• Civil Service magazine (Trip of a lifetime. A journey through Northern Vietnam)
• The Independent (Communist cave hideout, Vieng Xai, Laos)
• Time Out magazine (Stalking rhinos on elephantback in Nepal)
• Pathfinder magazine (Visiting Xeo Quit, Viet Cong subterranean base, Mekong Delta, Vietnam)
• Scotland on Sunday (Voluntourism - Building homes for the Kamaiya in Western Nepal)
• Action magazine (Volunteering for ActionAid to help the Kamaiya of Western Nepal)
• Time Out magazine (Volunteering in Nepal)
• Time Out magazine (Slum tourism)
• Time Out magazine (Global charity bicycle rides)
Africa
• Condé Nast Traveller magazine (Best places to stay, eat and drink in Fez, Morocco)
Europe
• Time Out Fly Europe magazine (City Chic! New European architecture)
• Barcelona Metropolitan Magazine (Unusual Museums)
Guidebook and online commissions
As a Cuba travel expert, Guatemala travel expert, Vietnam travel expert, Laos travel
expert, and Morocco travel expert, I have authored, co-authored and contributed
to the following guides:
Cuba
• Author, Frommer’s Cuba (2011), 5th edition; Frommer’s Cuba (2009), 4th edition
• Author, Frommer’s Cuba Day by Day (2010), 1st edition
• Writer, Michelin Must See Havana (2011), 1st edition
• Writer, Michelin Like a Local Caribbean Port Cities (2012), 1st edition
• Writer, Michelin Like a Local Cuba (2012), 1st edition
• Writer, AA Essential Cuba (2011), 3rd edition
• Writer, Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Cuba (2011)
• Writer, Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Top 10 Cuba (2012)
• Writer, KLM online Havana guide
• Writer, Footprint Cuba (2000, 2002, 2004 & 2010), 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th edition
• Updater, Cuba, Columbus Travel Media (2010 Cuba update)
• Writer, Thomas Cook Travellers Cuba (2008 & 2009), 3rd & 4th edition
• Writer, Thomas Cook HotSpots Cuba (2008 & 2010), 2nd & 3rd edition
• Editorial consultant, Thomas Cook CitySpots Havana (2010), 1st edition
• Online Update for Frommer’s Cuba, 2009 (What’s New in Cuba)
• Contributor, Time Out Havana & the Best of Cuba (2007), 3rd edition
Central America
• Co-author, Footprint Focus Guatemala (2011), 1st edition
• Co-author, Footprint Belize, Guatemala & Southern Mexico (2005 & 2008),
1st & 2nd edition
• Major contributor, Footprint Mexico & Central America (Belize, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico) in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2008
• Researcher and writer, Alastair Sawday’s Green Places (2006), 1st edition
• Author, Footprint Guatemala (2002), 1st edition
• Footprint Guatemala (Introduction; Lost Civilization; A gift from the gods)
Asia
• Author, Footprint Vietnam (2011), 6th edition; Footprint Vietnam (2008), 5th edition
• Author, Footprint Laos (2010), 6th edition
• Author, Footprint Focus Hanoi & Northern Vietnam (2011), 1st edition
• Author, Footprint Focus Ho Chi Minh City & Mekong Delta (2011), 1st edition
• Co-author, Footprint Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos (2011), 3rd edition
• Blogger for Indochina Travel News in Laos and Vietnam (2009 & 2010)
• Writer of foreward to photographic book, Vietnam Journeys (2011)
• Writer for boutique hotel website i-escape.com (La Folie Lodge, Laos)
• Editorial consultant and contributor, Dorling Kindersley Cambodia & Laos (2011), 1st edition
• Writer, Hanoi City guide 2010, Vertu mobile phones
• Writer, Hanoi City 2010 guide, Ten Concierge service
• Co-author, Footprint Southeast Asia (2009, 2010 & 2012), 1st, 2nd & 3rd edition
• Co-author, Footprint Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos (2005 & 2008), 2nd & 3rd edition
• Writer, Time Out Adventure! (2009), 1st edition (Rhino safari on elephantback, Nepal)
• Editorial consultant and contributor, Dorling Kindersley Vietnam
& Angkor Wat (2007), 1st edition
• Co-author, AA/Fodor Key guide Vietnam/See it Vietnam (2005), 1st edition
• Co-author, Footprint Thailand (2005), 5th edition
• Contributor, Footprint Laos (2005)
• Contributor, Footprint Vietnam (2004), 4th edition
Africa
• Fès, Columbus Travel Media (2010 update)
• Marrakech, Columbus Travel Media (2010 update)
• Casablanca, Columbus Travel Media (2010 update)
• Updater, Thomas Cook Travellers Morocco (2009), 3rd edition
• Updater, Thomas Cook Pocket Morocco (2010), 3rd edition
• Writer, Time Out Morocco: Perfect Places to stay, eat & explore (2008),
1st edition (Fès, Meknès, Rabat, Middle Atlas and Taza)
Europe
• Updater, Thomas Cook Travellers London (2009), 4th edition
• Contributor, Time Out Cheap Eats in London (2009), 5th edition
• Writer, Time Out Flight-Free Europe (2008), 1st edition (Holland’s cities)
• Time Out Barcelona (Introduction)
• Updater, Italy, Thomas Cook railway timetable 2006
• Contributor, Footprint England (2003)
• Contributor, Footprint Spain (2003)
Radio, reviews and interviews
• Simon Calder’s LBC Travel Show. Talking about visiting Hanoi, October 2010.
• BBC Radio 4’s Excess Baggage appearance with John McCarthy.
Talking about travel in Cuba, January 2010.
• Independent features new Frommer’s Cuba Day by Day book
• The Irish World review of the Lady Adventurer
• Tripbase 100 of our favourite travel writers
• Online review of Footprint Guatemala
• Telegraph review of Morocco: Perfect Places to stay, eat & explore
• BBC Magazine interview for views about Vietnam
